The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, September 10, 1912, Image 3

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"iiey reported Michael to the sta?on, iot putting them to so muchtroubJe. Michael was arraignedbefore Judge Going today.' ."Why did you try to commitsuicide?" asked the judge.1 "My wife left me," said Mich-ctcl; "Well?" said the judge.J "That's, all," said Michael.1 Judge Going frowned. He wasplainly being trifled' with.; "Now, then, Michael," he said,"tell me. the truth, the wholetruth, mind ydu.""that is the only reason," saidMichael. "My wife left me."7 ''Take him ta the cooler," saidJudge Gbing, "and have the cityjlhysicians examine him."o oTURN DENVER INSIDEOUTDenver, Sept. 10. The grandjttry investigating the tenderloingraft of the city has returned overone hundred indictments'.-Mayor Arnold, Police Commissioners Blakely Creel and McGrew, Police CKief Felix O'Neill,ejery member of the school board,James A. Laddy, secretary of thepolice board, former MayorSpeer, Former -Police Commissioners Hewett, Davoren andBarton, former Chief HamiltonArmstrong and James Nolan d,former secretary of the policeboard, are among the indicted.. "'These officials are' specifically-charged with allowing the tenderloin to run wide open in violationof the law, and with knowledgeof the tribute collected from thekeepers:''-Twenty-four of the most prominent residents of the city are indicted as owners of property inthe redlight district. These arehighly indignant at "having Jheirnames dragged into this thing."E. B. Field, Sr., president of thetelephone company, and his son,E. B. Field, Jr., are indicted forillegally using and obstructingthe city streets.-The others indicted are nearlyall proprietors of houses or cafesin the tenderloin. ,Mayor Arnold ( recently was'swept into office on a reform,ticket.DEFIANT ON DEATH BEDTarrytown, N. Y., Sept 10.Grimly defiant even unto death,Russo Secoro is dying in a closelyguarded house on the Rockefeller estate in the Pocantico hills.Secoro was found hiding in thebushes near the duck farm. Therewas a mortal bullet wound in hischest. A fully loaded revolverwas in his "pocket.The detectives who have beenguarding the Rockefellers nightand day ever since the BlackHand letters began coming, putthe dying Secoro through thethird degree.But they got no informationSecoro denied he was the manshot by a Rockefeller detectiveSunday. , 'He denied being amember of the Black Hand. Hedenied ever hearing of that society. He refused to tell how hehad been wounded. He said herecently came to Tarrytown "justto look for work."i&seavmmMu&smmmMmmmm